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Electric Utilities The electric power industry has undergone drastic changes in the way it conducts business after deregulation. Mergers, downsizing, and cost cutting have been key strategies in preparing for the new order of business. Part of this this reorganization includes maintaining, upgrading and installing underground cable with the utmost attention to safety, quality, and economy. INFRATECH meets the challenge, providing very competitive rates for trenchless placement while at the same time maintaing superb safety performance. Telecommunication & Broadband The telecommunications industry has changed dramatically since deregulation. An information superhighway is under construction to serve the seemingly insatiable appetite for speed and capacity in transmitting and receiving data. Thousands of miles of fiber optic cable are being installed underground to serve this need. The distinction between offering Cable TV services and conventional phone service is blurring. Phone companies are now supplying TV services and CATV companies are now providing telephone services.The evolution continues. Often, installations of underground cable and fiber systems are performed in urban and developed areas. Trenchless construction by INFRATECH is superior to installing by conventional open cut methods of construction. Water & Sewer Technological advances have drastically improved the way Water and Sewer Systems are installed, upgraded, maintained and repaired. Recent enhancements for long neglected pipelines include pipe bursting, spot repair, sliplining and trenchless placement. Trenchless placement by directional drilling has not been emphasized until recently due to material constraints. Mechanical and Bell Joint Ductile Iron and Bell, Mechanical and Glued joint PVC do not generally lend themselves to placement by directional drilling. Recent advances in the use of polyethylene for water and sewer systems has made directional drilling placement a cost effective alternative to open cut methods of construction. Additionally, advances in pressure collection systems have made trenchless placement a preferred method in congested areas. There has also been progress made in the connection of PE to existing Ductile Iron and PVC systems. Restrained Joint PVC piping has recently been introduced to the trenchless market and will allow PVC to be utilized where required. This will allow utilities to use trenchless installation methods and be able maintain and repair these systems utilizing existing methods. Environmental Remediation In-Situ Remediation of subsurface pollutants has become the preferred method for cleaning up contaminated industrial sites around the country. Previously, entire areas were excavated and the waste transported to hazardous dumps. Costs associated with these operations are enormous. Vertical vacuum wells were subsequently used for clean-up at these sites. Later developments showed that placement of horizontal wells by directional drilling was more effective in cleaning larger areas. Typically one horizontal well can be placed for every six vertical wells. INFRATECH offers a full range of services from install only to turnkey design-build. Specialty Projects Though INFRATECH believes it's greatest value to a customer is approaching a project with trenchless as the predominant method of installation, there are times when conventional methods are better suited.Open areas lend themselves to plowing, solid rock areas to excavating with a backhoe. In these instances INFRATECH still makes an impact on costs in assisting with crossings and getting cable and conduit into areas not possible by conventional methods. |
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